This is excellent, thank you so much. I enjoy the thought that Ewen has a June birthday — somewhere along the line I got it into my head that the book made explicit that Ewen had a June birthday, and so it's nice to see that mistaken assumption validated!
One thing I struggle with wrapping my head around is Old Style vs New Style. The Battle of Culloden, for instance, took place on the 16th of April (O.S., unless I'm mistaken) meaning that in our modern calendar it took place on the 27th of April, 11 days later. Even though there's no need to translate Old Style to New Style, it's still very weird to think that many of these events in August, for instance, are actually taking place in September by our modern calendars (or, indeed, by the calendars seven years later.) There's also the matter of New Years Day — in Scotland, this was January 1, but in England, up until 1752, it wasn't until March 25, meaning that it's entirely possible that Keith was born in 1714, although if he was born after January it could mean he was born in 1714 in England and 1715 in Scotland. It's very strange.
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One thing I struggle with wrapping my head around is Old Style vs New Style. The Battle of Culloden, for instance, took place on the 16th of April (O.S., unless I'm mistaken) meaning that in our modern calendar it took place on the 27th of April, 11 days later. Even though there's no need to translate Old Style to New Style, it's still very weird to think that many of these events in August, for instance, are actually taking place in September by our modern calendars (or, indeed, by the calendars seven years later.) There's also the matter of New Years Day — in Scotland, this was January 1, but in England, up until 1752, it wasn't until March 25, meaning that it's entirely possible that Keith was born in 1714, although if he was born after January it could mean he was born in 1714 in England and 1715 in Scotland. It's very strange.